To cut overseas aid would be immoral. We can afford it

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‘There is not a Labour and a Conservative policy on international development.
There is a British one.” So said Andrew Mitchell, the present International
Developement Secretary, speaking before the last election. He went on to
commit his party to continuing Labour’s promise to reaching the UN target of
spending 0.7 per cent of GDP target for overseas aid. If all goes well, that
target will be reached next year.

This pledge has been repeated many times since by ministers in the present
Government. So we are dealing here with a matter of honour.